With the scare of Covid-19 spreading at an alarming rate, people have been administering themselves antidotes - on suggestions from well meaning friends - like HCQS, Vit B Complex, Vit C, multi-vitamins, zinc, homeo medicines, drinking kwatha, haldi milk etc to enhance their immunity. Everyone seems to have become a doctor!
Just listen to a well known doctor in Madras........
A Toxic Medical Experience
I have been attending to patients non-stop and everyday during this pandemic; but with good self-protection for myself.
May. President Trump proclaimed HCQS and the public kept swallowing it even without medical supervision, till we saw sudden Cardiac Deaths.
June. Then started Haldi, Kashayams and Kudineer. We saw ulcer and gastritis with burnt out stomachs in those who overdid it.
July. New Viral Meds were announced. The media and public jumped like it was a miracle for all cases. But now its use is narrowly defined for specific cases.
August. Consumption of Zinc tablets went up without knowing about Zinc toxicity. We saw unexplained stomach pains, vomiting and diarrhoea. Most of the B-complex just came out as highly yellow coloured urine.
September. Consumption of Vitamin D peaked and we saw Vit-D toxicity like prolonged weakness, nausea and frequent urination. We quietly told the patients to stop it.
October. Dr Hegde's patient who underwent surgery kept on bleeding in an unexplained manner. Patient had been taking Ginger, Garlic, Turmeric and Asafoetida for Covid protection. The surgeon could have been sued in lakhs for his negligence. How do we explain to the people that every single life-style action, hidden background detail and altered diets, too, affects medical treatment? How does one explain that things can suddenly go wrong?
Finally for 90% of Covid infections, just self quarantine at home was enough. The immune system and normal healthy food did the rest. Slowly people are realising that all they need is a healthy body with sunlight, exercises, a varied natural healthy diet, a de-stressed life style and basic common sense hygiene. Meds and doctors come in last. Is this not what doctors have been telling every single flu season for decades and decades - but without the hysteria?
Tailpiece.
Got up at 6, the chores and was ready by a quarter to 10. Wished my brother-in-law, Sanil and nephew, Achu many happy returns. My course mate and friend, Parrat called me up, after years and it was nice catching up with him (He'd sent a photograph of mine from the Academy days, the day before and I tried ringing him up, but to no avail). The sad news was that his mom had passed away on 03 Dec '19 due to a cardiac arrest. She was 90. she was very fond of me.
Had the usual video interaction with my sisters and their families too.
Took part in a webinar from 1200-1300 hrs which had the cardiologist, Dr Pankaj Srivastava talking about, "Challenges in the Health Sector during Covid-19". It was interesting.
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